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Published: 2010-02-24 16:19:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 14644; Favourites: 524; Downloads: 209
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5 x7, more mixed media--this was on a patterned paper (you can still see the kanji in the rabbit's body) The red rust-like marks arose from applying molding paste in lines, deciding I hated it an hour later, and sanding it most of the way off, then coloring the remaining bits with acrylic ink. Went back to a glossy medium to seal this one.I've been drawing rabbits with plague-doctor style masks for two days. Too much Assassin's Creed 2, maybe. I can't shake the feeling I've seen rabbits in masks somewhere before--it seemed less like an idea I was coming up with than one I was remembering--but I failed to turn anything up on Google other than a bunch of REALLY creepy photos of kid's masks*, so maybe I'm hallucinating.
Prints available, original is for sale. [link]
*Unnnngghghghg. Donnie Dark had nuthin' on some of these.
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PETER RABBIT HAS BEGAN....RABBIT IN MASK dun dun dun
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Simplistic and really sends chills! If I were to get a tattoo, I might take from this (not any time soon, unfortunately, but were I to, would you mind?)
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the mask looks like the mask of a plague doctor from the middle ages. They used to wear white masks with beaks and inside them would be garlic or something because they thought that protected them from getting the plague.
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Very lovely artwork.
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found what it might have reminded you of. your other picture, Plague Rabbit Doodle.
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My dad had this plan to make the costume of the plague doctor and wear it to Dutch Elf Fantasy Fair this weekend. But it's not finished.. He did do lot of research: my father wrote and drew a lot of stuff about them in a book.
I really like how you drew the rabbit with the mask. The background fits it and gives it a certain mood. Well done 8D
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Oooh neat, the plague-mask gives a really eerie, macabre feel to the what would otherwise be a cute and fluffy image.
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I'm having the same sensation. Not to seem like I'm bandwagon jumping at this stage, but I can't find the remembered rabbits in masks either.
Maybe there are masked rabbits lurking in the collective subconscious.
That's a weird and disturbing idea, now that I think about it.
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ive been meaning to draw a rabbit with a crow skull over its head..i some how feel i cant now :c
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now that I look at it, it does seem familiar in some way. an I know I've never seen anything remotely like this before...
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Very nice!
Hmm, masked rabbits... makes me think of your masked hyenas. Which is a disturbing thought, really.
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"I know it's rabbit hunting season, but I'm a duck. See my beak?" *points*
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and you're right... I want to say that I thought I remembered seeing masked rabbits before too, but also can't find or remember where... I apparently didn't even save any pictures to my hard drive fo them either...
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Reminds me of that picture book, The Rabbits.
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Google pulled this page when I tried "rabbits in masks" out of curiosity. Meta.
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I once had a dream about people in stylized rabbit masks and I was told that those are common elements in a large percent of people's internal symbolism. Whatever that means!
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I like this! I'd also love to see some of the masks you're talking about...haha.
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yeah, i get that same vauge familiarity too.. sirte reminds me of shadow of the colossus.
hmm. maybe tehre is some sort of larger story to be told.. the next valley over from the gear labyrinth or something.
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I think a mask is an excellent precaution; rabbits do have a thousand enemies, you know.
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Reminds me of BioShock.
The Sander Cohen section, when you're attacked by all of the stage actors wearing bunny masks x3
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Well I really like it, even if it doesn't make any logical sense (why was the rabbit wearing a plague-doctor mask? why did it have kanji tattoos?)
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Hmm...in the book Watership Down, didn't one or two of the rabbits wear masks? :/ I kind of feel like I've seen that before too, but I don't remember!!
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Kinda creepy, but cute at the same time. The mask is kind of creepy.
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Clever! I like the mask idea. Can we see more of this in the future?
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Omgosh this is totally awesome concept! (*p*) I love how all of this piece came together.
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(Obscure reference time!) Makes me think of Ruby Quest. 
Aaaaaaaanyway bunnies just seem to go hand-in-hand with creepitude. Not complaining, though. It's a great picture. The orangey-red patterns are just right. ^_^
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Man, you too? That's the first thing I thought of too.
You been keepin' up on Weaver's newer stuff?
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Alas, I was never involved with the original stuff. I only saw the flash version on FA. I'm not an imageboard frequenter, and I only learned of RQ from TV Tropes.
Is the new stuff good?
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P.S. The new stuff is dive quest, which you can find links to the archives in the wiki.
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Very.
Still ongoing too.
www.tgchan.org
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I just have to say, I am LOVING this rabbit series!
They have a great design and feel to them - totally worth my money had I any.
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I've seen animals with plague-masks before...But they were anthro-like animals and on a CD cover, so I doubt that's what maybe you're "remembering". Though there's also the possibility that your mind is making up a memory. This happens quite often actually. Like, for instance, it happens a lot with witnesses of a car accident. 5 people witness the same accident and the authorities get 5 different "stories". So, perhaps you saw something sort of similar a while maybe (maybe just a plague mask itself) and thus, this "memory" was made. Or not. 
Nice/Interesting pic by the way~
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The idea of rabbits in masks seems really familiar to me, too. But I can't remember from where...
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The mask reminds me of the one Jared was wearing in the ballroom scene in Labyrinth...
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Is it me or are there little tiny chinese letters/characters subtly printed on to the rabbits body? Only noticed it on closer inspection.
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It makes me think of carnival, the music, and the intrigue.
I love the way the light pierces the image and sets a golden glow to the lower corner.
I find it dark and very film noir and yet somehow not.
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Random comment, I just joined it -the plague doctor group- and absolutely love it! I'm always overjoyed to see people with an appreciation for the good doctors. Unfortunately I haven't had an opportunity to play Assasin's Creed 2 yet, but if there's beaked doctors there, I'm running!
In short, this picture made me squee.
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I think the red lines really add to It I like them
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